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SUMMARY:Ely Sinfonia plays Ravel, Gershwin and Saint-Saens
DESCRIPTION:Ely Sinfonia plays Ravel, Gershwin and Saint-Saens\nin Ely Cathedral\non Saturday September 23rd 2023\nat 7.30pm\nRavel Bolero\nGershwin An American in Paris\nSaint-Saens Organ Symphony\nwith\nSteve Bingham, conductor\nEly Sinfonia\nTickets from £10\nEly Cathedral Box Office (Tel 01353 660349) Email box.office@elycathedral.org\nhttps://www.elycathedral.org/events\nhttps://www.elycathedral.org/events/ely-sinfonia-2\nBy kind permission of the Dean and Chapter\nwww.elysinfonia.co.uk Registered charity 1161642\nAnyone old enough to remember the 1984 winter Olympics (not to mention the countless replays) will never forget Torvill and Dean’s legendary performance to Ravel’s Bolero, when they won the highest ever figure skating score– straight sixes. For anyone else, it has to be one of the most thrilling pieces of music, in which Ravel builds on his mesmerising theme with clever orchestration and an amazing side drum part that’s an extraordinary feat of stamina.\nAfter one of the most exciting starts to any concert, we travel to France with Gershwin’s An American in Paris, one of the lushest pieces to come out of the USA in the early twentieth century. Listen out for the sounds of the street, especially the taxi horns.\nFinally, we bury ourselves in Saint-Saens’ organ symphony. “You ask for the symphony: you don’t know what you ask,” said the composer. “It will be terrifying . . . ” At the first performance the critics were unsure, but the audience loved the piece and Saint-Saens’ colleague Charles Gounod responded with “There goes the French Beethoven”. Come and decide what you think.\nA concert for all to enjoy – don’t miss it!\n
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LOCATION:Ely Cathedral, Ely, UK
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